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Is Sly the next Bruce Willis of Netflix?


If you flip through Netfix' catalogue, you'll come across a lot of obscure Bruce Willis movies. The sort of movies that would have been straight-to-DVD ten or fifteen years ago.

They all follow a similar formula:

i. Willis' gets top billing -- or near top -- and he shows up in the thumbnail preview. The rest of the cast are unknowns or barely recognizable D-listers.

ii. The plots are simple unimaginative crime dramas. The directing is competent but unremarkable.

iii. Willis has about 15 minutes of total screen time. It's spread out throughout the movie just to remind us that he's there. But he rarely moves from the one location he's in which is a giveaway that he filmed all or most of his scenes in one day.

iv. Netflix always gives them a 5-star rating.

v. He then periodically pops up on the big screen in big fare like Glass or Death Wish, but it's rare these days.

Swap out Bruce for Sly and you pretty much have this movie...

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